UK Government faces fresh accusations of backtracking on post-Brexit environment pledges
MPs and Lords, including former Shadow Environment Secretary Lord Clark, are urging the Government to prove that it won t export low-quality plastics to developing nations for recycling, arguing that policy loopholes currently exist.
The EU s directive banning plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries came into force earlier this month
The UK has exported around two-thirds of its plastic waste over the past ten years, according to campaign group A Plastic Planet. Much of this material will have been sent to non-OECD countries which often do not have the infrastructure to process it. As a result, plastic is regularly dumped or burned.